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Ailsa
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From: South East England
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 RE: @ GuitarristaMadrid (in reply to guitarristamadrid)
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Hey Evan,
I've been reading your threads with interest, because you really do have fire in your belly for this. And I completely understand that you want to sieze the moment, every opportunity. As the cliche goes, no-one ever lies on their deathbed saying 'I wish I'd done more cleaning' (or whatever dull activity you can think of). So I understand your being driven to do this - it really is addictive, and I can see you have to have self-belief to make it happen.
There one thing that puzzles me though. I spent 15 years working in the recording industry and met a lot of famous musicians, actors, creative people of all sorts, and all of them - as far as I can remember - they all had some humility about their art, some questioning of themselves. In fact some are a complete mess of nerves, neuroses and paranoia!! I think that's just part of creativity. If you don't need that, that's great. Just that so many do.
Just some thoughts really.
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Date Apr. 21 2010 6:49:06
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gj Michelob
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From: New York City/San Francisco
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RE: @ GuitarristaMadrid (in reply to guitarristamadrid)
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Probably because you stirred a high level of expectation with your ‘tude, Evan, I am rather disappointed by your mundane, bland performance on your Videos. I suppose these were filmed “before” you became the perfect flamenco your didactical posts suggest.
I am looking forward to seeing you vindicate your confident statements with more (i) substance, (ii) originality and (iii) quality of tone. Will you?
Incidentally, I am a novice and plan on remaining in that category; at this juncture, however, your videos do not place you much far behind my skill level, really.
Finally, I embrace any enthusiastic introduction of one’s music or accomplishment. All here typically share a common sense of solidarity and support anyone’s efforts to improve and succeed. Your posts may need a dash of humility to read more congenially.
As far as learning form you… Even if you were the great guitarist you claim to be, I am not inspired by conceit, snobbery and self indulging praises.
With Arash… and as they say out here in California, chillax dude!
(“dude” is indeed a cowboy term, originally meaning “chief” or “boss”. It has been incorporated in the surfer’s vocabulary where it replaces the more ubiquitous locution “man”
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Date Apr. 21 2010 6:50:07
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guitarristamadrid
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Joined: Jan. 27 2010
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RE: @ GuitarristaMadrid (in reply to BarkellWH)
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Is there anyone on this forum who has studied with a universally acknowledged flamenco master for as long as I have.
Is there anyone on this forum who has been playing eight hours or more a day for years, as I have.
Is there anyone on this forum who has been studying tocar solo, tocar por baile tocar por cante y tocar palmas under the strictest guidance of such a master, on a near daily basis, for years.
Is there anyone on this forum who has lived around and hung out with other flamencos in a place such as canorroto, for as long as I have.
Is there anyone on this forum who has had no other job or studies for the last four years, other than playing flamenco guitar.
Is there anyone else on this forum that even speaks spanish, for the love of god.
Did El Entri issue an official document to anyone else that says He is an outstanding student, an example to the others?
If the answer is no, then what makes you think I am gonna let you get away with saying this **** to me.
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Date Apr. 21 2010 6:53:58
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xirdneH_imiJ
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Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton
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RE: @ GuitarristaMadrid (in reply to guitarristamadrid)
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Evan, i'd like to offer very friendly advice, because i think you could become a valuable contributor to the foro in the future, there's no point defending yourself, replying to everything that's being said to you...if you stop now, "chill" as Arash says, come back later with less quantity and a bit more quality in your posts, you'll definitely be welcome...but if you go on like this (and it really doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong), you'll probably be banned from the forum for good and you (hopefully) wouldn't want that...
practice, play, contribute the best way you can...sometimes remaining silent helps you a lot more than trying to convince others of something...
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Date Apr. 21 2010 7:38:23
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Kate
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Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
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RE: @ GuitarristaMadrid (in reply to guitarristamadrid)
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ORIGINAL: guitarristamadrid
Is there anyone else on this forum that even speaks spanish, for the love of god.
You assume too much. Perhaps you better get to know the people on the forum a bit better before you come on so strong.
There are many of us who speak Spanish, who live or have lived in Spain, who work professionally or simply hang out in the flamenco world. I dont know how long you have lived in Spain but I dont think that matters really. This is not a competition but a foro to share our love of flamenco.
For the record I have been here 13 years and during that time I have hung out in the Poligonos, been to Gypsy weddings and funerals, toured with flamenco musicians, hung out all night at juergas, become friends with some famous and not so famous flamencos and their families.
Meanwhile I know other foro members who have been here longer and some not as long and many foro members who come to Spain at every opportunity and immerse themselves in flamenco life. And of course there are foro members who do not have that opportunity but here we are all equal, sharing our love and our experience of flamenco.
You obviously have a strong sense of yourself, not a bad thing for a musician as life is tough. I should know having been married to one for 26 years ! But my advice would be to chanta la mui and get to know everyone a bit better before taking on the whole foro and proclaiming yourself the next flamenco phenomenon. They are good bunch of people and very supportive of each other as a rule.
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Date Apr. 21 2010 7:48:48
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